This report which is part of the RAGIDA project (Risk Assessment Guidance for Infectious Diseases transmitted on Aircraft) provides viable options for decision-makers when faced with the choice of whether to contact trace air travellers and crew that were potentially exposed to infectious diseases during a flight.

Travellers' health and infectious diseases on aircraft

As increasing numbers of people travel by air, the potential risk of introduction and spread of infectious diseases by travellers is on the rise. Figures from Eurostat reveal that around 900 million passengers annually are carried on flights within the European Union (EU) alone.

Communicable Disease Threats Report, 19-25 January 2020, week 4

Publication-24 Jan 2020

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 19-25 January 2020 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, cluster of pneumonia cases associated with novel coronavirus, cholera, seasonal influenza and polio.

Communicable disease threats report, 16-22 February 2020, week 8

Publication-21 Feb 2020

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 16-22 February 2020 and includes updates on chikungunya, dengue, Ebola virus disease, COVID-19, polio, seasonal influenza and polio.

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 26 January - 1 February 2020 and includes updates on Ebola virus disease, the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV outbreak in Wuhan, China and seasonal influenza.